A peek inside eBay's advanced data center; Big Blue turning its data centers green

Data Center News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Belden Signal Transmission Solutions Belden is a provider of a wide array of signal transmission solutions -- including cabling, connectivity, cable management and wireless products for commercial networking/data center applications. Key solutions include structured cabling systems, high-density technologies/products, and state-of-the-art wireless LAN systems. Belden's optical fiber, copper and wireless solutions typically exceed industry standards. Network World's Data Center News Alert, 08/07/07 A peek inside eBay's advanced data center: A massive server grid, virtualized databases, sophisticated dependency mapping and more ...Paul Strong, distinguished research scientist, takes us inside eBay’s next-gen data center. Big Blue turning its data centers green, 08/01/07: IBM Wednesday said it will consolidate nearly 4,000 PC servers onto mainframes running Linux in a move that will cut $250 million from the cost of operating its six major data centers. Middleware for server grids goes green, 08/06/07: Grid middleware vendor Appistry Monday launched a software module that automatically powers down servers when they are not needed by applications, thus saving on energy consumption. Network World Buyers Guides Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. With seven categories - security, storage, convergence and VoIP, network infrastructure, network applications, wireless and LAN/WAN management - you can quickly pinpoint the hardware or software you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best purchase decisions for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyers Guides now. IBM helps customers get a supercomputer on the cheap, 07/31/07: IBM ratcheted the world of supercomputing up a few notches in June with the Blue Gene/P, a system nearly three times as fast as its predecessor at a cost of $1.3 million per rack.

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